footer text date pharr district planning efforts & significant projects november 20, 2014
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PHARR DISTRICT
Planning Efforts & Significant Projects
November 20, 2014
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Cameron
District Office
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Hidalgo County MPO
Harlingen - San Benito MPO
Brownsville MPO
MPOs in PHARR DISTRICT
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Cameron
Hidalgo County RMA
Cameron County RMA
RMAs in PHARR DISTRICT
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69C69E
2
83
281
77
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1992
1992
REGIONAL MOBILITY PLAN
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Need for Plan
• Traditional funding won’t address needs, and current plans don’t identify all regional needs.
• Competition for additional funding is tough without a single documented plan supported by all.
• RGV is at a disadvantage without one.
• There is a perception that the RGV is not united in regional priorities.
Rio Grande Valley Mobility Plan
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Advantages of a Regional Mobility Plan:
• Provides a single plan covering the entire region.
• Focuses on regional needs.
• Is needs based (not financially constrained).
• Supports local delegations in pursuing additional funding.
• Documents valley-wide support of regional priorities.
• Builds on previous success of past RMPs.
Rio Grande Valley Mobility Plan
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1992 Plan
• Completed approximately 85% of major corridor projects identified (US 83, US 281, US 77)
• Completed approximately 75% of other corridor projects identified.
2003 Plan• Completed approximately 75% of major corridor projects identified
(US 83, US 281, US 77).
• Completed approximately 75% of other corridor projects identified.
Pharr Letting Volumes
1982 thru 1991 = $35 /Yr
1992 thru 2002 = $107M/Yr
2003 thru 2014 = $174M/Yr
Rio Grande Valley Mobility Plan
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Merging of the Three Valley MPOs
REGIONAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY MPO
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Reasons for TxDOT Initiative:• Region will have ONE voice, providing a much greater opportunity for funding regional-type projects (i.e. FM 1925).
• Single regional MPO for the Valley would have almost 1.1 million people in the urbanized area and rank as the fifth largest in the state by population, following D-FW, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin.
• TxDOT Commission and Administration have urged local officials in the past to consider merging the MPOs, most notably at the 9/26/2013 TxDOT Commission meeting held in McAllen.
Space X, 2nd Access, Mazatlan-Matamoros Mexican Superhighway, Mexican oil/gas privatization, UT-RGV, Interstates.
• A single regional MPO would be able to identify regional-type projects needed to address the following major developments:
• One set of planning documents, (TIP, MTP, etc.) for the region instead of three separate ones.
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Regionally Significant Projects
SH 32
SH 550
WEST PARKWAY
US 281 CONNECTOR
SPI 2nd ACCESS
FM 106 (GEN. BRANDT RD.)
OUTER PARKWAY
LOWER VALLEY
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Regionally Significant Projects
FM 1925
SH 68
INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE TRADE COORIDOR (IBTC)
US 281 (MILITARY RD.)
SH 365
MID-VALLEY
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Regionally Significant Projects
US 83 OVERPASSES
US 83 (4 LANE)
FM 755 REALIGNMENT
STATE LOOP 195
US 83 (LA JOYA) RELIEF ROUTE (PHASE I)
UPPER VALLEY
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